Revolving shelving for refrigerators and the like



July 10, 1945. w; E. WILSON 2,380,005

REVOLVING SHELVING FOR REFRIGERATQRS AND THE LIKE Filed May 18, 1944 LINVENTOR. l8 William E. Wa'lson 24 v g I 1 ATTD RN EYS I Patented July10, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,380,005 REVOLVING SHELVING FOBREFRIGER- A'IOBS AND THE LIKE William E. Wilson, Los Angeles, Calif.Application May 18, 1944, Serial No. 536,189 3 Claims. (Cl. 312-183)moval of the several helving sections or units enables the easy cleaningof the interior of a refrigerator or the like, as well as the shelving,with ease and dispatch.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists in thefeatures of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as willbe hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanyingdrawing, which shows the preferredembodiment of the invention, andpointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the accompanying drawing:

Figure 1 is a horizontal sectional view through the refrigeratorconstructed in accordance with the invention.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Figure1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on the line arrows.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary side view, partly broken away, of one shelvingunit.

Figure 5 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view through the rotaryaxis of the assembled shelving units when set up within therefrigerator.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout theseveral views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, A designates generally a portion ofa refrigerator constructed in accordance with the invention, andcomprises a casing. a portion thereof being denoted at It, having aninner lining wall I I provided with a circulatory cooling space i2,intersected by an entrance l3 at the front of the casing. This entrancematches a doorway normally closed by a horizontally swinging door It,hingedly supported, and latched in a closed position by a hand releasedlatch I.

At opposite sides of the entrance I: and accessible therethrough areshelved compartments II for the storage of bottled goods or othermerchandisc.

so 3-3 of Figure 2 looking in the direction of the Within the coolingspace it is a sectional rcvolving shelving set-up, which involves a pin-.rality of sector-shaped removable shelf units il, each formed withspaced superposed shelves l0, supported upon a shaft "section it ofsectorshape in cross section which tapers upwardly, and which at itsupper end is provided with a breakjoint is adapted to break in only onedirection, as shown in Figure 4. This segment I8 is adapted to interfitwith the remaining segments of the other units, as is clearly shown inFigure 5 of the drawing, for the rotatable sockcting at 20 and 2|,

respectively, in the top and bottom of the casing of the refrigerator A,so that the shelving units i1 may be turned in mass, to have any area oftheir shelves l8 accessible through the entrance I I for the placementor removal of articles inand from the refrigerator A.

Each shelf section or unit i1 is readily and easily removable from thespace II, by first lifting a selected shelf section or unit suflicicntlyto free the lower end of its shaft segment it from the lower socket 20,then pulling the lower part of the shaft segment forward to break thejoint i9, and thereafter lowering the shelf section or unit to free theupper part Of the shaft segment from the upper socket. A shelf sectionor unit I1 is of a size to permit its removal through the entrance i3,when the door it has been swimg to full open position. The removal ofthe several shelf sections or units i1 permits of easy cleaning of theinterior cfa refrigerator A. The individual shelves l8 are braced andreinforced at 22 and 23, and the lower end of each shaft sesment II ispreferably equipped with anti-friction bearings 24, of any suitablekind.

It is, of course, understood that such changes, variations andmodification may be made in the invention, as fall properly within thescope of the appended claims, without departing from the spirit of the,invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed is:

1. A cabinet of the character described, comprising a casing havingupper and lower sockets, a series of sector-shaped shelf sections havingsector-shaped shaft sections at their inner ends forming a shaftrotatably mounted in said sockets.

2. A cabinet of the character described, comprising a casing havingupper and lower sockets, a series of sector-shaped shelf sections havinsector-shaped shaft sections at their inner ends forming a shaftrotatably mounted in said sockets, and each shaft section having a breakjoint whereby either end of the assembled-sections is adapted to swingoutwardly.

3. A cabinet of the character described. comrlsinsav closeducasinghaving a, socket in its top --wallanda socket in the bottom directlybelow tate in said sockets, and each shaft section be mg, a break jointadjacent its upper end whereby the lower end of any shaft section isadapted to be swung outwardly after they shaft section has been lifted'to withdraw its lower end from the bottom socket;

WILLIAM E. WILSON.

